The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show starts today. The Times review had this to say: "How much money do you need to shop at the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, the ostentatious jumble sale at the Seventh Regiment Armory through Thursday? Let’s just say that when a tureen costs $3 million, and a mirror is the same price as a one-bedroom Manhattan apartment, working folk beware."
The tureen they're talking about is the one I have pictured under the hi/lo report. (I wonder what the knives are now going for....) The dealer bought the piece on Saturday and is trying to turn it around for three times what he paid. Worth it? The only other in existence is owned by Queen Elizabeth.
Also this weekend: the Gramercy Park Antiques Show, the International Vintage Poster Fair, and (out of town) Atlantique City. Check the Shows + Fair guide for details.
If you're interested in old things as a career (in which case you'd probably need to refer to antiques with more respect) the Bard Graduate Center and Christie's are both holding open houses on Monday, the 22nd, from 6–8.
On Tuesday, check out Bard's lecture on authenticating silver, The Fake's Progress.
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